WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:02.000 The Whistler. 00:02.000 --> 00:08.000 The Whistler. 00:08.000 --> 00:12.000 Presented by the United States Air Forces in Europe. 00:12.000 --> 00:18.000 The Whistler. 00:18.000 --> 00:24.000 I am the Whistler, and I know many things, for I walk by night. 00:24.000 --> 00:30.000 I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. 00:30.000 --> 00:36.000 Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak. 00:36.000 --> 00:48.000 The Whistler. 00:48.000 --> 00:54.000 The Whistler of Western Defense. 00:54.000 --> 01:06.000 And now, The Whistler's strange story. Generous Hosts. 01:06.000 --> 01:14.000 The evening shadows were lengthening as Steve Neal's jalopy coasted to the curb and came to a stop in a quiet, outlying district of Silverton. 01:14.000 --> 01:26.000 His eyes surveyed the high walls surrounding the Jameson estate, as he wondered if the stories about the eccentric Gerald Jameson, the millionaire ex-Silverminer who lived in this huge mansion, were true. 01:26.000 --> 01:29.000 Rather interesting stories, too, aren't they, Steve? 01:29.000 --> 01:39.000 Suddenly, in the shadows across the street, you see an elderly gentleman facing you with hands high in the air, and a short masked man holding a gun on him and rapidly going through his pockets. 01:39.000 --> 01:42.000 You jump from your car and race toward the two men. 01:42.000 --> 01:45.000 Hey, hey you! What are you trying to pull? Put down that gun! 01:45.000 --> 01:49.000 The highwayman whirled as you near, hesitated a moment, and then started running. 01:49.000 --> 01:50.000 Hey you, stop! 01:50.000 --> 01:53.000 You follow, and he turns and then fires. 01:53.000 --> 02:02.000 Just over your head, you jump behind a small tree as the man turns and runs rapidly away. 02:02.000 --> 02:05.000 Then you walk back to the elderly gentleman. 02:05.000 --> 02:07.000 Are you, you all right, sir? 02:07.000 --> 02:09.000 Yes, thanks to you, young man. Thank you very much. 02:09.000 --> 02:12.000 Oh, sorry, I couldn't catch you. I'm glad you came along just when you did. 02:12.000 --> 02:13.000 Oh, well, I didn't. 02:13.000 --> 02:15.000 The man was angry because I had no money with me. Why? 02:15.000 --> 02:16.000 He didn't take anything. 02:16.000 --> 02:18.000 Only a few dollars. Didn't have much with me. 02:18.000 --> 02:19.000 Oh, I was lucky for you. 02:19.000 --> 02:22.000 Yes, he was. Young man. Mr. 02:22.000 --> 02:25.000 Neil. Steve Neil. Traveling artist. 02:25.000 --> 02:29.000 Oh, well, Mr. Neil, more than glad to meet you. Jameson's my name. 02:29.000 --> 02:30.000 Jameson? 02:30.000 --> 02:35.000 Yes, I was just taking an evening stroll. I live here in the house behind these walls. 02:35.000 --> 02:39.000 Oh, well, joining me in a drink. I can use one. 02:39.000 --> 02:40.000 Well, if you... 02:40.000 --> 02:44.000 No ifs about it, young man. I insist. Come along inside. 02:44.000 --> 02:53.000 You are soon seated in the large library of the Jameson Mansion Archers, Steve. 02:53.000 --> 02:58.000 Listening to Gerald Jameson praises of your heroic rescue, 02:58.000 --> 03:02.000 as the very sincerely concerned servant, Henry, brings you a drink, 03:02.000 --> 03:05.000 your eyes survey the luxurious surroundings, 03:05.000 --> 03:10.000 and you smile to yourself as you realize the possibilities of your new position. 03:10.000 --> 03:14.000 You, um, introduced yourself as a traveling artist, Mr. Neil. 03:14.000 --> 03:16.000 What did you mean by that? 03:16.000 --> 03:19.000 Well, I just decided to see the world, Mr. Jameson. 03:19.000 --> 03:22.000 Rigged up my jalopy and set out to paint my way around the U.S. 03:22.000 --> 03:26.000 Portraits, landscapes, anything. Anything that sells. 03:26.000 --> 03:30.000 Hmm. Well, I owe you a lot for what you did a few minutes ago. 03:30.000 --> 03:33.000 Oh, not at all. I'm glad I happened along when I did. 03:33.000 --> 03:37.000 Then perhaps you'll honor me by painting something for me. 03:37.000 --> 03:39.000 Well, since you put it that way, sir. 03:39.000 --> 03:45.000 Of course. Consider yourself spoken for for, let's say, two landscapes and, well, one portrait. 03:45.000 --> 03:48.000 Well, you may not like my work. You better check for me. 03:48.000 --> 03:52.000 I like you, young man, and I know your work will be good. 03:52.000 --> 03:56.000 Shall we seal the deal at, uh, what is your price? 03:56.000 --> 04:00.000 Oh, not so good lately. Last one sold for fifty. 04:00.000 --> 04:04.000 Would, uh, six hundred be satirically for the three? 04:04.000 --> 04:05.000 Six hundred. 04:05.000 --> 04:08.000 And room and board while you're working. We have ample room here. 04:08.000 --> 04:13.000 Oh, this is my lucky day. Sure, sure, it's a deal. 04:13.000 --> 04:17.000 And just when I didn't know where my next meal was coming from, as the saying goes. 04:17.000 --> 04:22.000 And then on back, Steve. For a few weeks at least, you know where every meal is coming from. 04:22.000 --> 04:32.000 Your quick, daring action on Mr. Jamison's behalf solved all your problems, didn't it, Steve? 04:32.000 --> 04:36.000 At least temporarily. You decide to take your time on your painting assignment. 04:36.000 --> 04:41.000 And as the days pass, you hear some interesting stories about Mr. Jamison, 04:41.000 --> 04:47.000 especially the ones concerning his habit of keeping large amounts of cash in his safe at home. 04:47.000 --> 04:56.000 You decide your opportunities are greater than you realize, 04:56.000 --> 05:01.000 and you make it a point whenever possible to watch Mr. Jamison or his trusted servant Henry 05:01.000 --> 05:06.000 open the safe in the library where your easel faces the wide French windows. 05:06.000 --> 05:11.000 After a couple of weeks, you're certain you have the combination. 05:11.000 --> 05:13.000 But you're in no hurry, are you? 05:13.000 --> 05:18.000 No, you plan to continue your work. Wait for the ideal moment. 05:18.000 --> 05:22.000 Then one afternoon, as you're putting the finishing touches on your second painting, 05:22.000 --> 05:25.000 Mr. Jamison stands and surveys it approvingly. 05:25.000 --> 05:29.000 I hope you're as good at portraits as you are at these other things. 05:29.000 --> 05:30.000 Portraits? 05:30.000 --> 05:33.000 Yes. You see, I had it in mind to have you do a portrait of my niece. 05:33.000 --> 05:34.000 Your niece? 05:34.000 --> 05:38.000 My sister's girl, Ruth Royce. She's arriving by train tonight. 05:38.000 --> 05:40.000 Twenty-four years old, quite beautiful. 05:40.000 --> 05:43.000 Well, if she's coming tonight, I'd better doll up a little for a change, huh? 05:43.000 --> 05:46.000 You look okay, except for saving a haircut. 05:46.000 --> 05:48.000 Oh, I'll get a haircut this afternoon. 06:02.000 --> 06:04.000 Ruth! Ruth, here we are, over here! 06:04.000 --> 06:06.000 Uncle Jerry, you look wonderful! 06:06.000 --> 06:09.000 You too. You're more beautiful than ever. 06:09.000 --> 06:13.000 Ruth, this is Steve, the Steve Neal I wrote you about. 06:13.000 --> 06:14.000 Hello, Steve. 06:14.000 --> 06:15.000 Nice meeting you, Ruth. 06:25.000 --> 06:27.000 Well, what do you think of your portrait so far, Ruth? 06:27.000 --> 06:28.000 I like it. 06:28.000 --> 06:29.000 So far? 06:29.000 --> 06:31.000 Just reflecting a charming subject, that's all. 06:31.000 --> 06:33.000 Oh, thank you, sir. 06:33.000 --> 06:36.000 Oh, Mr. Steve, there's a telephone call for you. 06:36.000 --> 06:37.000 Oh, for me? 06:37.000 --> 06:39.000 Yes, sir. Didn't give his name, though. 06:39.000 --> 06:41.000 Oh, thanks, Henry. 06:41.000 --> 06:44.000 Telephone's always interfering with pleasant moments. 06:44.000 --> 06:46.000 Oh, go away, Ruth. I'll be right back. 06:52.000 --> 06:53.000 Hello. 06:53.000 --> 06:54.000 Hello, Steve. 06:54.000 --> 06:56.000 Yes, who's this? 06:56.000 --> 06:57.000 Frankie. 06:57.000 --> 07:00.000 I told you not to call me here. You've been paid. 07:00.000 --> 07:02.000 Yeah, but not enough, Steve. 07:02.000 --> 07:04.000 I gave you what you asked for. We're finished. 07:04.000 --> 07:06.000 That's what you think, Steve. 07:06.000 --> 07:11.000 Oh, what happened if old man Jameson found out we framed that phony holdup you rescued him from? 07:11.000 --> 07:15.000 I could tell him all about that, Steve, and some other things, too. 07:15.000 --> 07:21.000 You'd better reconsider, friend, and fast. My bankroll's getting low. Real low. 07:21.000 --> 07:39.000 The unexpected phone call from Frankie Bixdon is more than disturbing, isn't it, Steve? 07:39.000 --> 07:45.000 As a guest in the Jameson home, you've not only learned enough about his habits to help yourself to the contents of his safe 07:45.000 --> 07:49.000 and make a getaway into Mexico whenever you decide the time is right. 07:49.000 --> 07:55.000 You've also found what you think might be the answer to your financial problems for the rest of your life. 07:55.000 --> 08:01.000 In the person of Jameson's only living relative and heir, his attractive niece, Ruth Royce. 08:01.000 --> 08:04.000 But winning her affections will take time, won't it, Steve? 08:04.000 --> 08:10.000 Ruth is an intelligent girl and fully aware that you have nothing to offer her other than yourself. 08:10.000 --> 08:15.000 Yes, you'll need time, and Frankie is a dangerous threat to such time, isn't he? 08:15.000 --> 08:19.000 You decide you've got to find a way to get rid of him once and for all. 08:19.000 --> 08:24.000 Meantime, you decide to see more of Ruth. You're certain she finds you attractive, 08:24.000 --> 08:31.000 and one evening in a quiet little cocktail lounge on the outskirts of town, you make your first move. 08:31.000 --> 08:36.000 Well, now that your portrait's about finished, it won't be long until I'll be on my way. 08:36.000 --> 08:37.000 Gonna miss me, Ruth? 08:37.000 --> 08:38.000 Probably. 08:38.000 --> 08:42.000 It's more than probably with me. I'm gonna miss you plenty. 08:42.000 --> 08:43.000 Really, Steve? 08:43.000 --> 08:46.000 Really. Hey, excuse me, sir. 08:46.000 --> 08:48.000 Yeah, what is it, Winner? 08:48.000 --> 08:52.000 I'm sorry to interrupt, but a gentleman asked me to tell you he'd like to see you for a few minutes privately. 08:52.000 --> 08:54.000 Me? You must be mistaken. 08:54.000 --> 08:57.000 I don't think so. He pointed you out. The name is Neil, isn't it? 08:57.000 --> 09:00.000 Oh, yes, sir. Well, tell him I'll see him some other time. 09:00.000 --> 09:03.000 He says it's very important to you, sir. 09:03.000 --> 09:07.000 Oh, all right. I'll see him. Excuse me a couple minutes, will you, Ruth? 09:07.000 --> 09:09.000 Of course. 09:09.000 --> 09:11.000 This way, sir. 09:11.000 --> 09:13.000 There's the gentleman. 09:13.000 --> 09:15.000 Thank you. 09:15.000 --> 09:18.000 Frankie. You fool. 09:18.000 --> 09:21.000 What's the idea of trying to see me here? Mr. Jamieson's niece is with me. 09:21.000 --> 09:25.000 Yeah, I know. So if I were you, I'd quiet down and get this over with quick. 09:25.000 --> 09:27.000 Okay. Make it snappy, will you? 09:27.000 --> 09:30.000 Sure, I'll make it real snappy. I need some dough. 09:30.000 --> 09:33.000 So do I. Jamieson's only paid me for one painting. 09:33.000 --> 09:34.000 Half of that'll do for now. 09:34.000 --> 09:36.000 You're out of your mind. 09:36.000 --> 09:39.000 I guess I'd better see Mr. Jamieson. 09:39.000 --> 09:42.000 Okay. Okay, Frankie. I guess you win. 09:42.000 --> 09:44.000 Will a hundred hold you for a while? 09:44.000 --> 09:47.000 A little while. Say, will you get paid for another painting? 09:47.000 --> 09:49.000 Well, it might be tomorrow. It might be next week. 09:49.000 --> 09:54.000 Next Monday'll be fine. Let's say a hundred then and a hundred the following week, okay? 09:54.000 --> 09:56.000 I guess it has to be. 09:56.000 --> 10:00.000 How long do you expect this blackmail to keep paying off? 10:00.000 --> 10:06.000 Not too long. Just till you're all finished with Jamieson and his niece. 10:06.000 --> 10:09.000 Incidentally, you'd better be getting back to her, hadn't you? 10:09.000 --> 10:11.000 Oh, yeah. Yeah, I guess I have. 10:11.000 --> 10:16.000 Wait a minute. See you Monday night, ten o'clock. Here. 10:18.000 --> 10:19.000 Sorry, Ruth. 10:19.000 --> 10:21.000 That's all right. Business? 10:21.000 --> 10:25.000 Yes, sir. That fellow heard about my painting and made me a pretty fair proposition. 10:25.000 --> 10:27.000 I guess I gotta think it over, though. 10:27.000 --> 10:29.000 That's always a good idea. 10:29.000 --> 10:31.000 Look, Ruth, how about getting out of here, huh? 10:31.000 --> 10:34.000 I can't even build up to a romantic conversation without a wait-up button in it 10:34.000 --> 10:36.000 telling me some guy wants to talk to me. 10:36.000 --> 10:38.000 All right, Steve. Anywhere you say. 10:38.000 --> 10:41.000 Well, I thought we might drive out to the lake. 10:41.000 --> 10:45.000 Kind of like to finish that conversation we were having when that waiter interrupted us. 10:45.000 --> 10:47.000 I would, too, Steve. 10:59.000 --> 11:02.000 This is a lovely spot for a talk, Steve. 11:02.000 --> 11:05.000 Beautiful moon, rippling water, everything. 11:05.000 --> 11:10.000 You were saying something about if you'd met me under different circumstances. 11:10.000 --> 11:11.000 Yeah. 11:11.000 --> 11:13.000 What did you mean by that? 11:13.000 --> 11:17.000 Well, I just meant that if I'd met you and I didn't know anything about you 11:17.000 --> 11:20.000 before I knew your uncle was a rich man, 11:20.000 --> 11:24.000 you might believe me if I told you how I felt about you. 11:24.000 --> 11:28.000 If I were to tell you now, you'd just think I was an adventurer after your money. 11:28.000 --> 11:30.000 And you wouldn't be. 11:30.000 --> 11:35.000 Oh, in my present situation, I wouldn't expect you to believe that. 11:35.000 --> 11:38.000 There's more to it than your present situation. 11:38.000 --> 11:42.000 Steve, there's something strange about you, something that doesn't quite ring true. 11:42.000 --> 11:44.000 What do you mean by that? 11:44.000 --> 11:47.000 Well, those phone calls you get every now and then, for instance, 11:47.000 --> 11:52.000 and refusing to answer them in a town where you're supposed to be a stranger. 11:52.000 --> 11:56.000 And tonight when you came back to our booth from your business conference, 11:56.000 --> 11:59.000 you looked worried, almost frightened. 11:59.000 --> 12:01.000 Oh, well, you just imagine that. 12:01.000 --> 12:03.000 I was just thinking, that's all. 12:03.000 --> 12:07.000 And as far as those phone calls are concerned, I can explain them too. 12:07.000 --> 12:11.000 They're just someone I met here in town that I didn't want to talk to. 12:11.000 --> 12:13.000 You'd laugh if you knew why. 12:13.000 --> 12:17.000 I hope so, Steve. I truly hope so. 12:17.000 --> 12:19.000 You mean I've got a chance? 12:19.000 --> 12:23.000 You know you have, or you wouldn't have even brought it up. 12:23.000 --> 12:26.000 All I want to know is that you're on the level. 12:26.000 --> 12:28.000 What do I have to do to convince you? 12:28.000 --> 12:30.000 Oh, that's your problem. 12:30.000 --> 12:36.000 But if you really feel about me as you say you do, it shouldn't be very difficult. 12:36.000 --> 12:38.000 It'll be easy, honey. 12:38.000 --> 12:44.000 Here I am, you'll just look at me. 12:44.000 --> 12:46.000 But it won't be easy, will it, Steve? 12:46.000 --> 12:48.000 No, it'll be almost impossible. 12:48.000 --> 12:51.000 And you wonder whether Ruth is worth the effort. 12:51.000 --> 12:54.000 That night you lie awake thinking about it. 12:54.000 --> 12:57.000 You decide your first problem is Frankie. 12:57.000 --> 13:01.000 But the next morning it suddenly hits you the perfect solution, 13:01.000 --> 13:06.000 a solution that will give you time to decide exactly how to make your opportunity with the Jamiesons pay off, 13:06.000 --> 13:10.000 and the additional time to carry out your plan. 13:10.000 --> 13:17.000 The following Monday evening at ten o'clock, you're sitting opposite Frankie in the cocktail lounge where he asked you to meet him. 13:17.000 --> 13:18.000 You got my hundred? 13:18.000 --> 13:21.000 No. Jamieson hasn't paid me for any more pictures. 13:21.000 --> 13:22.000 Don't try to hand me that. 13:22.000 --> 13:24.000 I'm not handing you anything. 13:24.000 --> 13:29.000 Anyway, I've figured out a deal that'll make these hundred dollar shakedowns of yours look like chicken feet. 13:29.000 --> 13:33.000 We can both get enough out of it to go to South America and retire for a couple of years. 13:33.000 --> 13:34.000 Where's the catch? 13:34.000 --> 13:35.000 No catch. 13:35.000 --> 13:41.000 Now look, Frankie, Jamieson keeps some twenty to fifty thousand dollars in his library safe all the time. 13:41.000 --> 13:42.000 What about it? 13:42.000 --> 13:44.000 I know the combination. 13:44.000 --> 13:47.000 Oh yeah? What else do you know? 13:47.000 --> 13:53.000 There's French windows in that library. I can unlock them for you, give you the safe combination. 13:53.000 --> 13:57.000 It'll just be a robbery by a person or persons unknown. 13:57.000 --> 13:59.000 Maybe. What about the split? 13:59.000 --> 14:06.000 Fifty-fifty. You can mail my half to a guy named Joe Wells, care of the Mid-City Hotel, Bay City, that's me. 14:06.000 --> 14:08.000 Market hold till arrival. 14:08.000 --> 14:10.000 I don't want any part of that dough near me till the heat's off. 14:10.000 --> 14:13.000 Probably frisk me, turn everything I got inside out. 14:13.000 --> 14:18.000 Someday next week when things are cool and awful, I'll drive over, pick up the dough, and part it out of here. 14:18.000 --> 14:20.000 You figured things are okay. 14:20.000 --> 14:21.000 Except one. 14:21.000 --> 14:22.000 What's that? 14:22.000 --> 14:24.000 I don't get this big trust in me. 14:24.000 --> 14:26.000 Suppose I go for this setup. 14:26.000 --> 14:29.000 It wants to stop me from grabbing the dough and running out on you. 14:29.000 --> 14:33.000 In that case, it won't be a robbery by persons unknown. 14:33.000 --> 14:36.000 It'll be a robbery by Frankie Bickston. 14:36.000 --> 14:41.000 And I gotta hunch the cops will find you real quick, with a little help from me. 14:41.000 --> 14:44.000 Yeah, I guess that adds up. 14:44.000 --> 14:46.000 When do you figure on pulling this off? 14:46.000 --> 14:49.000 Tomorrow night? Eleven o'clock, right on the dot. 14:49.000 --> 14:52.000 Mr. Jameson, Henry, and I'll be playing billiards upstairs in the billiard room. 14:52.000 --> 14:56.000 Rove will be in bed. She's getting up at five the next morning to go horseback riding. 14:56.000 --> 14:58.000 You can't miss. 14:58.000 --> 15:00.000 Eh, guess it's worth a chance. 15:00.000 --> 15:02.000 Now lay it out for me, huh? 15:02.000 --> 15:04.000 Okay. I'll lay it out step by step. 15:04.000 --> 15:06.000 Now look. 15:16.000 --> 15:18.000 Well, nice shot, Henry. 15:18.000 --> 15:20.000 Did you just luck, sir? 15:20.000 --> 15:23.000 Luck nothing. You had a leg cue like a professional. 15:25.000 --> 15:28.000 Another. I see what you mean. 15:28.000 --> 15:30.000 Wait a minute. Quiet, everybody. 15:30.000 --> 15:32.000 What's wrong, Steve? 15:32.000 --> 15:34.000 I think I heard somebody in the library. 15:34.000 --> 15:35.000 I didn't hear anything. 15:35.000 --> 15:38.000 Neither did I, Mr. Steve. It must be your imagination. 15:38.000 --> 15:41.000 No, I don't think so. Anyway, I think I'd better investigate. 15:41.000 --> 15:43.000 Do you have a revolver, Mr. Jameson? 15:43.000 --> 15:46.000 Yes, in the top drawer of the dresser in my bedroom. 15:46.000 --> 15:48.000 Good. I'll get your gun and sneak downstairs. 15:48.000 --> 15:51.000 Now you and Henry keep right on playing billiards as though nothing had happened. 15:51.000 --> 15:53.000 If anyone is down there, I... 15:53.000 --> 15:55.000 No, just a minute, Steve. That's dangerous. 15:55.000 --> 15:59.000 Don't worry. I'll be careful. And keep the game going. Go ahead. 16:11.000 --> 16:14.000 Okay, Frankie. Keep quiet and keep your hands where I can see them. 16:14.000 --> 16:16.000 Steve, that's right. 16:16.000 --> 16:17.000 How much did you get? 16:17.000 --> 16:19.000 Around 20 grand, I think. 16:19.000 --> 16:20.000 What's the idea? 16:20.000 --> 16:23.000 I'll pull that plant out of that pot there by the roots and all you have to do is lift it. 16:23.000 --> 16:26.000 I loosened the dirt and it wet it down an hour ago. 16:26.000 --> 16:28.000 Wait a minute. 16:28.000 --> 16:32.000 All right, now come on, move. I can let you have it and you'll be another dead burglar. 16:32.000 --> 16:34.000 Double cross, huh? 16:34.000 --> 16:35.000 I said move. 16:35.000 --> 16:37.000 Okay. 16:37.000 --> 16:40.000 Now, out those French windows, Frankie. 16:40.000 --> 16:41.000 Look, Steve. 16:41.000 --> 16:44.000 Come on, get going. 16:44.000 --> 16:48.000 Hey, you! You, you, stop! Stop or I'll shoot! 16:52.000 --> 16:54.000 Steve, Steve, what happened? Are you hurt? 16:54.000 --> 16:57.000 I'm sorry, Mr. Jameson, but he got away. 16:57.000 --> 17:00.000 Well, you did your best, Steve, and I won't forget. 17:00.000 --> 17:01.000 Well, thank you, sir. 17:01.000 --> 17:12.000 You'd better phone the sheriff while I examine the safe and see what's missing. 17:12.000 --> 17:19.000 When the sheriff and his deputies arrive, you spend some anxious moments as they question you and examine the premises. 17:19.000 --> 17:22.000 But everything worked out exactly as you planned. 17:22.000 --> 17:27.000 You breathe a sigh of relief when they ignore the wet flower pot and leave. 17:27.000 --> 17:31.000 You're sure that by morning no one can tell the plant was tampered with. 17:31.000 --> 17:37.000 By one o'clock you've retired for the night, but you're worried in a little frighten-ot you, Steve. 17:37.000 --> 17:43.000 You know that Frankie knows you tried to kill him, and you know that he'll be around again and soon. 17:43.000 --> 17:50.000 You decide to stay close to the estate until you're ready to take the stolen money, forget about Ruth, and leave Silverton. 17:50.000 --> 17:53.000 A few days later. 17:53.000 --> 17:57.000 That about does it, Mr. Jameson. I can't polish it anymore. 17:57.000 --> 18:00.000 The portrait's excellent, Steve. You have real talent. 18:00.000 --> 18:02.000 I'm glad you like it, Mr. Jameson. 18:02.000 --> 18:04.000 What about you, Ruth? Satisfied? 18:04.000 --> 18:05.000 Yes, I like it. 18:05.000 --> 18:07.000 Well, then I do, too. 18:07.000 --> 18:10.000 Now I guess it's goodbye. 18:10.000 --> 18:11.000 Goodbye? 18:11.000 --> 18:12.000 Goodbye. 18:12.000 --> 18:16.000 I'm afraid so. My work's done. It's time for me to move on. 18:16.000 --> 18:17.000 What? There's no hurry. 18:17.000 --> 18:18.000 Afraid there is, sir. 18:18.000 --> 18:22.000 See, I've been offered a job on the coast as a commercial artist, and I've decided to take it. 18:22.000 --> 18:24.000 I'll be leaving the day after tomorrow. 18:24.000 --> 18:35.000 Just before dinner that evening, Mr. Jameson calls you aside, and as a reward for your bravery, 18:35.000 --> 18:40.000 tries to persuade you to accept an additional $500 for the paintings you've completed. 18:40.000 --> 18:46.000 When you decline, you're certain from the expression on his face that he's pleased with your decision. 18:46.000 --> 18:50.000 Jameson treats you almost like a son, doesn't he, Steve? 18:50.000 --> 18:56.000 You spend most of the next day in your room, ostensibly writing letters and packing your few belongings. 18:56.000 --> 19:01.000 That evening after dinner, you chat pleasantly with Jameson and Ruth until nearly midnight. 19:01.000 --> 19:08.000 When they finally decide to retire, you tell them you're going to enjoy a midnight snack and then check your car. 19:08.000 --> 19:14.000 As soon as you're sure they're asleep, you go into the library, remove the stolen money from the flower pot, 19:14.000 --> 19:20.000 go outside to the garage and stuff the bills under the cover of the driver's seat. 19:20.000 --> 19:23.000 Then as you turn around, go in some way, Steve. 19:23.000 --> 19:24.000 Frankie. 19:24.000 --> 19:26.000 Yeah. You're not such a good shot. 19:26.000 --> 19:29.000 Well, I was just putting on an act, you know that. 19:29.000 --> 19:32.000 Your act was too good this time. You were trying to knock me off. 19:32.000 --> 19:34.000 Oh, no, no, you're all wrong, Frankie. 19:34.000 --> 19:38.000 I've been waiting to get you, Steve. And this is it. 19:38.000 --> 19:42.000 As Frankie starts towards you, you see a knife blade flash in the moonlight. 19:42.000 --> 19:47.000 You're standing with a car door open and your hand closes around a wrench in the front seat. 19:47.000 --> 19:51.000 You lunge directly toward Frankie and your surprise attack throws him off balance. 19:51.000 --> 19:55.000 As he stumbles, you strike him on the head and watch him fall forward. 19:55.000 --> 19:58.000 Lie still. 19:58.000 --> 20:01.000 After what seems hours, you realize he's dead. 20:01.000 --> 20:07.000 For a moment, you're panicking and then relieved to know he's permanently out of the way. 20:07.000 --> 20:11.000 Quickly, you open the trunk lid of your car and place his body inside. 20:11.000 --> 20:19.000 Then lean against the car and light a cigarette. 20:19.000 --> 20:21.000 Who's that? Who's there? 20:21.000 --> 20:22.000 It's me, Steve. Who? 20:22.000 --> 20:24.000 What are you doing here? 20:24.000 --> 20:28.000 I couldn't sleep. I thought I might take a little drive. 20:28.000 --> 20:32.000 Oh, I couldn't sleep either. 20:32.000 --> 20:33.000 Steve. 20:33.000 --> 20:34.000 Yes? 20:34.000 --> 20:36.000 I'm kind of glad you're out here. 20:36.000 --> 20:40.000 I wanted you to know something before you left. 20:40.000 --> 20:42.000 I think you're on the level. 20:42.000 --> 20:44.000 Ruth, you mean it? 20:44.000 --> 20:45.000 I mean it. 20:45.000 --> 20:48.000 Well, thanks, Ruth. 20:48.000 --> 20:51.000 That's all I can say right now. Just thanks. 20:51.000 --> 20:54.000 You still want to leave? Take that job on the coast? 20:54.000 --> 20:58.000 I have to, Ruth. But I'll be back, honey. Soon. 20:58.000 --> 21:12.000 Well, Steve, your mission in Silverton is accomplished, isn't it? 21:12.000 --> 21:16.000 You have $20,000 under the seat covers of your car. 21:16.000 --> 21:20.000 And when that's spent, you're certain you can come back and marry Ruth Royce, 21:20.000 --> 21:25.000 the niece and only relative of your wealthy benefactor, Gerald Jamieson. 21:25.000 --> 21:30.000 And even though the body of the man you killed, Frankie Bixdon, is in the trunk of your car, 21:30.000 --> 21:32.000 you're not worried, are you, Steve? 21:32.000 --> 21:35.000 No, you're certain that once you're on your way, 21:35.000 --> 21:40.000 you can find a lonely stretch of road where you can easily dispose of this important link 21:40.000 --> 21:44.000 to your part in the successful robbery of the Jamieson safe. 21:44.000 --> 21:50.000 Next morning, after a lengthy breakfast, Mr. Jamieson and Ruth accompany you out the front door 21:50.000 --> 21:55.000 and around the house to the drive. 21:55.000 --> 21:57.000 Well, who does this belong to? 21:57.000 --> 22:00.000 You, Steve. It's all yours, fully equipped. 22:00.000 --> 22:04.000 When you refused to allow me to pay you what I thought your paintings were worth, 22:04.000 --> 22:07.000 I decided to make it up to you in some other way. 22:07.000 --> 22:10.000 The surprise part was Ruth's idea. 22:10.000 --> 22:12.000 Certainly a surprise, all right. 22:12.000 --> 22:15.000 As soon as you sign these transfer papers, it'll be all yours. 22:15.000 --> 22:16.000 You like it, don't you, Steve? 22:16.000 --> 22:19.000 Oh, sure, sure. But what about my old jalopy? 22:19.000 --> 22:20.000 Where is it? 22:20.000 --> 22:25.000 Mr. Burke drove it back to the garage when he delivered this new station wagon for you early this morning. 22:25.000 --> 22:29.000 Oh, of course. It was locked. I still have the keys. 22:29.000 --> 22:33.000 Henry had an extra key made when you let him drive your old car into town yesterday. 22:33.000 --> 22:36.000 Well, what's the matter, Steve? You look so strange. 22:36.000 --> 22:42.000 Oh, nothing, nothing, except getting a new station wagon. It was quite a shock. 22:42.000 --> 22:45.000 Besides, I had so much personal stuff in that old jalopy of mine, 22:45.000 --> 22:49.000 I think I'd better check on it before I leave. Where is it? 22:49.000 --> 22:52.000 At the Main Street Garage. 22:52.000 --> 22:56.000 But it looks like it won't be necessary for you to go after it, Steve. 22:56.000 --> 22:59.000 It's turning into the drive right now. 22:59.000 --> 23:03.000 And Sheriff Wilson is driving. 23:03.000 --> 23:09.000 Now, what do you suppose the sheriff's doing in that old jalopy of yours, Steve? 23:09.000 --> 23:15.000 The Whistler. 23:15.000 --> 23:22.000 Listen next week when once again the United States Air Forces in Europe present The Whistler. 23:22.000 --> 23:41.000 The Whistler has come to you through the worldwide facilities.